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“On this Thanksgiving, Florida has the worst weather in the country! It's a stormy mess across much of Florida on this Thanksgiving!”

The latest rain radar shows celebrations could be hit by rain and wind as storm clouds hug the US East Coast.

The National Weather Service (NWS) weather forecast said a “surface low” is moving across the northern Florida peninsula today.

WFTV Channel 9 NOAA

Florida storm path update: USA to be hit by HUGE storm on Thanksgiving

“Expect showers and thunderstorms, with heavy rainfall possible, to accompany this system during the Thanksgiving Holiday and into Friday across northern and central Florida,” it said.

WLRN-FM warned: “A storm system moving across Florida on Thanksgiving Day might seem like a tropical storm to some.

“Relentless rain and gusty winds are expected from the Nature Coast to the First Coast from a non-tropical area of low pressure moving in from the Gulf of Mexico. The unsettled weather, while not as intense, will drift across central and South Florida Friday.”

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